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J. G. STAUNTON.

POULTRY HOUSE FRONT.

N0. 366,697. Patented July 19, 1887.

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J.' G. STAUNTON.

POULTRY HOUSE FRONT.

No. 366,697. Patented July 19, 1887.

limitan STATES ATENT FFICE..

J. GALUSHA STAUNTON, OF ELLlOOTTVlLLlfl, NEWT YORK.

POULTRY-HOUSE FRONT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,697, dated July 19, 1887.

Application filed July l, 1835.

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that l, J. GALUsrLi S'rAUN'roN, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Ellicottville, in the county of Cattaraugus and State ofNew York,have invented new and nseful Improvements in Poultry-House Fronts, of which the following is a specification.

The invention herein relates to improvements in houses for the culture of poultry.

The obj ects of my improvements are to maintain in a poultry-house a medium and uniform temperature as against outside variations; to admit air, light, or sunshine as outside temperature and conditions will allow, or to exclude them or any of them when necessary, and to afford protection againstfrest and very cold and rainy weather. These objects l accomplish by the use of triple sliding sashframes or doors, the construction of which and their relation to each other and tothe room ot' the poultry-house will be hereinafter fully described.

YIn the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a section or front doorway of my improved poultry-house. Fig. 2 is a vertical section ot' the same, showing the triple doors in closed positions inthe doorway; Fig. 3, a similar section showing the middle one of the triple doors in open position; Fig. 4,'a view in perspective showing the utilization f one ot' the triple doors as an awning; Fig. 5, a vertical section of Fig. 4; Fig. 6', a vertical section on theline .e a; of Fig. 2; Fig. 7, a horizontal section ou the line y g/ of Fig. 5, and Fig. S a perspective view of one ofthe triple doors.

Ilhe drawings represent one room or compartment of a poultry-house, and when resting on a Afoundation presents the triple doors singly or in pairs or collectively to close the room. rlripledoors in their adaptation to effeet a closure of the room for the purposes stated constitute my improvement. ln the triple arrangement of the doors, each in con- V struction for its own special use and any one or either or all together are arranged to be opened or to be closed independently.

In the saiddrawings, A, ll, and O represent three sash-frames or doors separate from each other, and arranged to be opened and closed nearly compactly upon each other from a per`^ Renewed Decemher 18136.

pendicnlar to a horizontal position, or vice versa. rlhe provision by which to effect and control the opening and closing of the doors consists in having vertical rabbets 1' and horizontal rabbets 7L in the side walls, b, and pins (L in said walls orjambs b at the joining angles of said rabbets, and hooks e on the sash-frames or doors, so related to the pins as to interlock with them when thc said doors are turned downward from a horizontal to a vertical position. In this turning movement the pins and hooks merely serve as ixed points upon which the sash-frame swings in its closing movement upon the wallrabbets. These doors are ot' unequal height, the inner one being the least and the outer one the greatest height, and they are of unequal width,the inner one being the least and the outer one the greatest.

The inner door, A, of the three consists of a `fralue or sash of any material-prefcrably wood-covered with wirecloth, d, paling, or slats. The middle door, B, is covered with translucent paper or cloth or glass, e, and the outer door, O, is covered with cloth, paper, or wood, glass or mica, and used at the outer side of the doorway. Ot' the latter two doors, either may be used as the outside door. The middle one, B, is coated on the exterior side with pitch or paint or other water-proof substance, and is supplied with a loop,f, at the bottom, while a rod or tie, g, is hinged above the outer door, l, designed to connect Vwith said loop f, so that the said door may serve as an awning when required, or be closed as an additional protection iu the severe weather of the winter. The rabbets r and h 0n the inner sides of each wall of the doorway are successively deeper for each sash-frame or door from theinnermost one outward, requiring a wider and higher sash-frame or door successively from theinner one outward to make each lit between the rabbets in the walls of the doorway.

At or near the top ofthe doorway on its inner walls corresponding rabbeti ugs h run horizontally backward as contiuuations ofthe front rabbets, yr, and upon these top rabbets the doors or'saslrframes are slid and rest when not required in use. The several pins e are each lixed in the side walls or jambs at the angles formed by the horizontal and vertical rabbets IOL) on which the saslrfrarnes or doors rest or slide; and the hooks c, which engage with thesepins, are fastened to the inner sides at the corners of said sash-frames at or near their ends corresponding with the location of the pins. rIhis corresponding relation of the pins and hooks is such as to cause the outer one at least of the triple doors to close the top joint to secure a coinpleteclosure of the doorway. Loopsf are provided at the bottom rails of the several sash-frames or doors .bywhich to raise them.

. The inner or wire-cloth door is always down',

except when raised for cleaning the room or` `for dusting the iioor.

The middle door is turned down at night, and in the severe weather of winter as a protection against frost. It is also used as an awning in summer to form a shield from the scorching sun and a protection against extremes of heat and cold.

The outside or glass door is closed at all `times when the temperature isat or below freezing, and serves to maintain a uniform and comfortable temperature in the poultry-room.

A cross-strip, D, at the top of the room may be used as a stop against which the sash-fra nies .abut when in horizontal position, and thereby aid in keeping the room warm.

rEhe corners of the doors at the hook ends may be notched, as at 8,'Figs. 6 and 8, to permit them to be turned4 upon the wall-pins to raise and lower them free of the horizontal rabbets; or the rabbets themselves may be formed so as to permit the turning` ofthe doors, as stated.

l. A poultry-house having the inner sides of its vertical walls at the doorway formed with vertical and horizontal rabbets, and having fixed wall-pins at the joining angles of said rahbets, in lcombination with a sash-frame or door having hooks arranged to interlock with said pins to control the closing of said sashframe or door upon the wallyrabbets, substantially as described, for the purpose specifred.

2. A poultry-house having the inner sides of its vertical walls at the doorway formed with vertical and horizontal rabbets of varying depths, and provided with fixed pins at the joining angles of said rabbets, in combination with a number of sash-frames or doors of unequal height and width, whereby said doors may be closed and opened, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

3. A poultry-house having the inner sides of its vertical sides at the doorway formed .with vertical and horizontal rabbets, and having fixed wall-pins at the joining angles of said rabbets, in combination with sash-frames or doors having hooks, and provided with open and non-open translucent covering, substantiall y as described, for the purpose specified.

4L. The combination, in a poultry-house, of triple doors orsash-frames for its doorway, with vertical and horizontal rabbeted ways, and suitable controlling provision, whereby the said doors or any ot' them may be closed down in the front or slid back at the top, sub stantially as described, `for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, in a poultry-house, of triple doors for its entrance, horizontal and vertical ways on the inner sides of the verti! cal walls of the doorway, and suitable con trolling provision,wl1ereby the doors or any of them may be slid down in the front or slid back at the top, with a hinged rod for conne@- tion with a loop of yone of the said doors, whereby an awning is provided, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence. of two subscribing witnesses. l

J. GALUSHA STAUNTON.v Witnesses:

J. B. PATTERSON, (Inns. L. WHITE. 

